October 18, 2011

Introducing NAS Fall Intern Kate Hamilton

Ashley Thorne

A current intern describes how a liberal arts education led her to support the mission of NAS.

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October 17, 2011

"Diversity:" How it Might Work Differently

Glenn Ricketts

Ethnic and racial diversity among students needn't be a problem on college campuses, argues long-time NAS member Russell Nieli. 

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October 17, 2011

Is Tenure the Root of All Evil?

George Leef

No, but it's responsible for much that is wrong in higher education, argues Naomi Schaefer Riley in her recent book The Faculty Lounges.

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October 17, 2011

Peter Wood Quoted in New York Times on Fisher Case

Peter Wood

A case headed to the Supreme Court may change the way U.S. colleges consider diversity as a rationale for racial preferences in admissions. What really matters, says NAS president Peter Wood, is int......

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October 14, 2011

Bowdoin Orient Highlights NAS Study

Ashley Thorne

The student newspaper draws attention to a newly opened project, "What Does Bowdoin Teach?"

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October 14, 2011

Meatlessness and Sustainability, Part 1

Ashley Thorne

How is vegetarianism connected to sustainability? Ashley Thorne decides to find out.

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October 14, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student reporters cover Occupy Wall Street, deplore censorious campus speech codes, argue for updated undergraduate housing policies and lament intrusive post 9/11 security measures gone wrong.

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October 13, 2011

Should Schools Become "Proactive" in Recruiting LGBT Students?

George Leef

Will LGBT status or socio-economic status become the next mania among college admissions people intent on making their campuses "balanced" and "mirroring diversity"?

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October 13, 2011

Excellence and Western Civilization

William H. Young

From kindergarten through college, our educational system is no longer based on the Western tradition of excellence. William Young continues his series by assessing the consequences.

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October 13, 2011

Pre-Occupied

Peter Wood

Peter Wood examines the theatrical anger of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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